Parameter: flag_totals

Parameter: 
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 q_flag
Short Description:
 quality flag
Official Name:
 q_flag
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

quality flag; based on a PI established code; identifies a problem/quality issue with sample(s) from a given water bottle or single observation

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
flag_totals
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
Integer
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
Description: 
Total sum of all flags in data. Ranges from 0 to 12, where 0 has no quality flags, and 12 represents data that are the most likely to contain errors or extreme data to be highly scrutinized